Who's For Filibusters?

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filibuster is a political strategy in which a US senator threatens to speak for hours on end to try and delay efforts to vote for a bill.

The filibuster is a powerful legislative device in the United States Senate. Senate rules permit a senator or senators to speak for as long as they wish and on any topic they choose, unless "three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn" usually 60 out of 100 senators vote to bring debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.

Bloody Frontier

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Eight lives with an American Dream were lost inside a Dodge pickup truck that was loaded with immigrants in Del Rio Texas.

They were killed when it collided with another pickup truck following a police chase near the Texas border city of Del Rio, in Val Verde county.

The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 277 a road I frequently traveled to get to work and return to my rented ranch near the shores of Lake Amistad, while I was building KTRG Television from the banks of The Rio Grande. 

Who's America's Most Wanted?

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It's been nearly a decade since the program has been off the air, “America’s Most Wanted” returns to its home network, Fox, with an Elizabeth Vargas-hosted revival.

And while the show is returning at a time when we’ve hit peak true-crime TV, the new face of “America’s Most Wanted” says it’s bringing one thing to the table that none of those other shows can: offering “viewers the chance to actually do something” — and in real-time, too.

Try A Kayak

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Spring is just days away and to stay outdoors, more are turning to kayaks, which makes them hard to find for long periods of time.

After all, we have been through and managed to survive, we realize we are the fortunate ones. Why did a half-million Americans and others who will die as a result of the mismanagement of the global pandemic?

Studious 54

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Over the past 54 days, POTUS has wasted no time being studious and very careful paying attention to all the small details of the presidency. 

His landmark bill was obviously prepared with studious care and attention towards preserving the $1.9 trillion COVID relief law making possible The New American Dream.

Disintegrating GOP

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Political insiders admit the Grand Old Party is losing clout post-Cult45 presidency. A disorganized mess is a kind characterization.

The overwhelming number of Democrats serving in the US House of Representatives has decided to draw the line: No bipartisan cooperation with Republicans who questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Will the Republican Party decompose into constituent elements, or small particles to destroy its national integrity?

Hair Today Gone Tomorrow

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Most men, including me, have grown facial hair once or twice and for different personal reasons. As a boy, I saw Marti and Castro.

However, according to published reports, facial hair isn’t a functional physical human trait in the way we thought it was for many years. It’s only ornamental and one worn for various reasons.

No Mo Cuomo?

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's political career appears in tatters following serious allegations of assorted wrongdoing. 

Symphony Mambo Mix

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He was a German composer-pianist who was notable at work for a long list of masterpiece compositions. Ludwig van Beethoven was the eldest surviving child of Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. The family was Flemish in origin and can be traced back to Malines. It was his grandfather who had first settled in Bonn when he became a singer in the choir of the archbishop-elector of Cologne; he eventually rose to symphonic   

The New American Dream

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For the first time in a long while everyone who lives under #USA Democracy may soon begin to enjoy a new post-COVID balanced life.